The Beckmann History

• Max Beckmann - born on February 12, 1884 in Leipzig

• His father Carl Heinrich Christian Beckmann -a flour merchant

• His mother -Antoinette Henriette Bertha -came from money

• The youngest of three with a brother, Richard, and a sister, Margarethe

Childhood life

• Between the ages of eight and ten, Beckmann lived with his sister -fifteen years older than he -to attend school at Falkenburg in Pomerania.

• Beckmann loses his father in 1894 and moves with his mother and brother to Brunswick to reside with relatives.

• Max and Richard attend school in Brunswick, Königslutter and boarding school in Gandershein until 1899

• Beckmann begins drawing

• At the initial outbreak of the war Beckmann is vacationing with his family

• In 1915 Beckmann volunteers for service

• Service is for the medical corps -he heads first for East Prussia

Artistic Impact

• Shift of works Shift of works from from impressionismimpressionism to to expressionismexpressionism

• April 1926 one man exhibition of Beckmann’s work in New York

• Same year Max loses his brother Richard

• During this time period Beckmann travels about Europe but finds a certain fancy for France

• He teaches art until 1935

• Max and Quappi burn their diaries in 1940

• 1942 Beckmann’s are living in Paris and he receives a letter requesting his service in the German army –he could not go because of a heart condition

• The Beckmann’s move to New York City in 1947

• On October 5, 1948 Max and his wife apply for U.S. citizenship

• In 1949 he gets a six year contract to teach at the Brooklyn Museum Art School

Works Cited

• Selz, Peter Howard.Max Beckmann.The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

• Sister Wendy Beckett.Max Beckmann and the Self.1997.Prestek-Verlag-Munich, NY.

• Max Beckmann: Self Portrait in words.Edited by Buenger.1997.University of Chicago.

• http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/arts/artdegen/htm• http://em.wikipedia.org/eiki/Max_Beckmann• http://www.european-history.com/beckmann.html